The state is only going to be distributing the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines for now. Governor Andrew Cuomo said they decided to pull the Johnson and Johnson vaccine after the federal government yesterday announced they were pausing the use of J&J following reports of six people that got rare blood clots…
All six cases occurred among women between the ages of 18 and 48, and symptoms occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination, one was fatal, and another is reportedly in critical condition. Many pharmacies are also pulling the J&J vaccine.
COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, we lost five more to COVID, the total is 940. We’ve got 48 hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 1,515 active cases. Our total case count is 45,245, that’s 97 more than Tuesday.